Based on the novel by William Boyd, who previously collaborated with Bruce Beresford on "MISTER JOHNSON," the story tells of Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels), first secretary to the British High Commission at Nkongsambae, who is persuaded by the High Commissioner Fanshawe (John Lithgow) to ingratiate himself with rising politician Adekunle (Louis Gossett Jr.
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "DRIVING MISS DAISY," COMES THE SAGA OF AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG JESUIT MISSIONARY IN 17TH CENTURY NEW FRANCE (QUEBEC), WHOSE JOURNEY INTO THE HOSTILE WILDERNESS TO SAVE SOULS TURNS INTO A DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL.
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "CRIMES OF THE HEART," COMES A ROMANTIC COMEDY STARRING TOM SELLECK AS A SUCCESSFUL MYSTERY WRITER WHO BEGINS TO LIVE ONE OF HIS OWN PLOTS WHEN HE COMES ACROSS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (PAULINA PORIZKOVA) ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Female heroism provides the backdrop for this true story based on a little-known chapter in World War II history in which tens of thousands of European, Australian and American women were captured by the Japanese as they swept through the Far East.